An outbreak of salmonella javiana associated with consumption of watermelon.
Journal of Environmental Health › Vol. 56 Nbr. 1, July 1993
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An outbreak of salmonella javiana associated with consumption of watermelon.
Foodborne salmonellosis outbreaks associated with fruits or other produce are rare. Less than two percent of more than 340 salmonellosis outbreak reports to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from 1983 to 1987 implicated fruits or vegetables as a vehicle of transmission (1). Watermelons in particular are an unusual vehicle; in a recent review, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) found only three published reports of salmonellosis outbreaks associated with watermelons in the past 40 years (2)...
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